Use Of Capnography As Surrogate Measure Of PC02 In Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of Capnography (Continuous recording of the carbon dioxide content of expired air)as an alternative test to measure PC02 levels in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD,interstitial lung disease(ILD)or coronary disease who are at risk of intubation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00744614

Run by

Lahey Clinic

People needed

70

Starts

2007-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-10-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medical Intensive Care Patients
• Not intubated
• Age 18 or older
• History of any one of the following: asthma, COPD, ILD, or coronary disease

You may not qualify if…

• Sepsis
• Life expectancy less than 1 month
• Requiring BIPAP

Where it is running

• Lahey Clinic, Inc. — Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

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